Koki Shigeno’s documentary tries hard to be the next Jiro Dreams of Sushi; however, unlike a good bowl of ramen, the documentary is not as good as the sum of its parts. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood While most major US cities enjoy a thriving food culture filled with authentic Japanese noodle joints, ... Ramen Heads Review: An Unbalanced Dish of a Documentary
Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead discuss the high-concept suspense of their microbudget indie thriller The Endless, its connections to previous films, and the freedom of working on both sides of the camera. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood Since the modest release of their mind-bending 2012 debut Resolution, indie horror filmmakers Justin Benson and ... The Endless: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead on Lovecraft, Worldbuilding and the Thrills of Indie Filmmaking
Andrew Haigh’s heartbreaking, poignant drama is a testament to our deeply human desire to belong, told through a nuanced performance by Charlie Plummer. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood If you were to be told that one of the most heartfelt, poignant films of the year was – at its core – a story ... Lean on Pete Review: A Boy and His Horse Search for Home, Find Each Other
The latest microbudget spook-em-up from Blumhouse Productions is long on dares and short on scares. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood Hoping to cash in on the success of the Ouija film series, Blumhouse Productions (Get Out, The Purge, The Shallows) has given us Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare, the latest in a trend of ... Truth or Dare Review: Blumhouse’s Latest Delivers Modest Sleepover Scares
Lynne Ramsay follows We Need to Talk About Kevin with another masterwork on the cyclical traumas of violence, sporting a poetically grotesque performance from a haggard Joaquin Phoenix at its center. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood Between Ratcatcher, Morvern Callar and We Need to Talk About Kevin, Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay has cemented ... You Were Never Really Here Review: A Masterwork of Brutal Grindhouse Poetry
Scott Cooper’s nihilistic acid Western is as self-serious as it is unrelentingly brutal, for both good and ill. This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood The Western is a genre rife for deconstruction, particularly as the real-life horrors of its era become more of a universally accepted truth. The Golden Age gave us heroic white ... REVIEW: Hostiles